- Natalia Ziganchina
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Natalia Ziganshina Country represented Russia Born December 24, 1985
Saint PetersburgHeight 156 cm Discipline Women's artistic gymnastics Medal recordOlympic Games Bronze 2004 Athens Team World Artistic Gymnastics Championships Silver 2001 Ghent Team Silver 2001 Ghent All around Silver 2002 Debrecen Vault Natalia Kamilovna Ziganshina, Russian: Наталья Камиловна Зиганшина, born 24 December 1985 in Saint Petersburg, is a former Russian gymnast. She won a bronze medal in the team event at the 2004 Summer Olympics.
Ziganshina, born into a Tatar family, was a member of Russia's gold-medal team at the 2000 Junior European Championships.
She won the all-around silver and silver with the Russian team at the 2001 World Gymnastics Championships in Ghent, Belgium.
Ziganshina was the gold medalist on vault at the 2002 European Championships in Patras and a silver medalist on vault at the 2002 World Gymnastics Championships. Her younger sister, Gulnara, was also a gymnast and competed at the 2002 Junior European Championships in Patras.
She did not compete at the 2003 Gymnastics World Championships in Anaheim, but returned the next year to help Russia place third at the Olympic Games in Athens.
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Categories:- 1985 births
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- Sportspeople from Saint Petersburg
- Russian female artistic gymnasts
- Olympic gymnasts of Russia
- Gymnasts at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Olympic bronze medalists for Russia
- Medalists at World Gymnastics Championships
- Olympic medalists in gymnastics
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